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with Tim KawakamiMon, 03 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3By: Dave Abitzhttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2013/01/31/gm-trent-baalke-deep-undercover-even-at-the-super-bowl-which-tells-you-more-about-him-than-he-ever-will/comment-page-1/#comment-162654
Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:59:23 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=17170#comment-162654I graduated high school with Trent and played football with him in high school.He has always been a competitor and the best at everything he did.
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Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:02:16 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=17170#comment-162489Good luck today Trent, wish we were still playing the game together.
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Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:27:40 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=17170#comment-162438One of my favorite TK articles ever. Great stuff.
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Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:57:45 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=17170#comment-162413Moto – it’s called a vice. Plenty of brilliant people have them.
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Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:35:17 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=17170#comment-162408Great article as always. I will admit, I didn’t have much confidence in Jed, but, when I heard he was going to lean on his uncle’s experience, I figured it could only help. He’s the right kind of owner: knows when to get involved, knows to stay out of the way and let his coach, coach. He’s the exact opposite of Jerry “Ego” Jones and the proof is in how the two teams have fared these last two seasons. I remember watching, back in 2010, when they had a special intro for the new season, with Singletary, Baalke and York. Baalke was not comfortable being there, but you could sense his delight as he was going through footage to show the people the new players they acquired. I liked him right off the bat. When they signed Harbaugh, I knew they’d do well. I didn’t know they’d do this well, this soon and here they are, going to go 6-for-6. So sweet!
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Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:16:30 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=17170#comment-162401@Moto: Harbaugh’s been a known tobacco chewer for years, although he supposedly was going to quit a couple of months ago after he had that irregular heartbeat scare. Haven’t heard if he succeeded or not.
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Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:10:21 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=17170#comment-162397Like I said before, this operation has Eddie’s fingerprints all over it. But Eddie is standing in the background and will never take credit for anything.
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Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:09:20 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=17170#comment-162394Good for him.
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Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:29:42 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=17170#comment-162385I am glad, the Niners have finally hired a guy who knows what he is doing! I admit, I was worried, when it all started.
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Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:47:30 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=17170#comment-162382Jed York, Baalke, and some unnamed people have done a fantastic job in turning this organization around to fast becoming the NFL’s premier franchise. I remember just a few years earlier all the anguished fans screaming at the young York painting him as a spoiled privileged know nothing and the 49ers an organization badly needing an “experienced” NFL hand to take over from the amateurs in charge. Did York suddenly become a genius overnight? How many moaned and groaned when Baalke, a new comer to the NFL administration, was named the GM? Well, a lot of people need to eat crow and man up to admit they were wrong because somebodies have been making good decisions and lots of them in the past few years which have given us a deep and talented organization, a manageable salary load, an outstanding coaching staff and 13 draft picks for next year?!! Win or lose on Sunday, this is an organization that has LOTS of upside and momentum. Yes, we very much could be entering a second golden era of 49er football. Successful organizations have good people at the top and they need to be acknowledged for their excellence and contributions as their work comes alive on the playing field.
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